French Troops March Into Germany - After The Treaty of Versailles I THE GREAT WAR 1921

[@micahistory]

It's interesting to see jus how quickly the wartime alliance broke down

[@mro9466]

They don't want France to be the major power in Europe. Simple. England was never a true ally.

[@emuriddle9364]

@@mro9466 And yet, they didn't realize that giving France full responsibility to maintain peace was a big mistake. Imagine what would happen, if all nations actually worked together during this time.

[@Sv5YpWTwd9otTA4So83f]

*heartening

[@micahistory]

@@emuriddle9364 yes

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

@@mro9466 Balance of Power, anyone?

[@normanlesley1867]

My father told me that when they marched into Germany after the surrender parts of the Krups works had retooled to make pushbikes.

[@raywhitehead730]

You should read, The Arms of Krupp up by William Manchester.

[@samsum3738]

Bicycles could be considered a military manufacture . They were greatly used by the germans in the invasions of Belgium , Holland , Luxembourg and France in 1940 .Prior to the Great War , Britain was the leading manufacturer , and had a Bicycle Corps during that terrible conflict .A highly efficient form of transport and costing almost nothing to maintain .

[@poiuyt975]

France after the Great War might be the best example of modern Pyrrhic victory.

[@calguy3838]

No doubt. The war in the West was fought almost entirely on French soil and was unimaginably destructive. And France lost the most soldiers as a percentage of population of all the major powers. It's a sobering experience to see the number of names on the WWI memorials of even the smallest French towns.

[@poiuyt975]

@@calguy3838 This was definitely a war which everyone had lost (apart maybe from USA). A mortal wound dealt to entire Europe which is causing our continent to be dying today.

[@dragosstanciu9866]

@@poiuyt975 Not everyone lost, there were new independent countries in Europe after the war: Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia. These countries were not free before the war.

[@criscabrera9098]

@@dragosstanciu9866 those countries also came out losing they were almost all enslaved the soviets union after the Second World War so like no one won from the Great War

[@dragosstanciu9866]

@@criscabrera9098 They didn't know in 1919 that the USSR will occupy them after 1945.

[@micahistory]

i notice every countries reaction was based on how threatened they were by Germany

[@amallulla2000]

Probably they were envious, especially Britain, which was the main barrier to Germany becoming a world power.

[@micahistory]

@@amallulla2000 obviously, every country is envious of another's success

[@amallulla2000]

@@micahistory it may be so, but not every country is willing to go to war to prevent another from emerging. The UK did so, and in doing so, it sealed its fate to second-rate power.

[@ProjectEkerTest33]

​@@amallulla2000 I mean Britain was really just pursuing the same foreign policy they'd had for centuries. Prevent a unified Europe. As long as no power in Europe became too dominant then they couldn't threaten Britain and her empire. Either way whether they did or didn't enter the war Britain would have ended up losing relative power. By joining the war they lost lots of money and manpower but if they'd let Germany dominate the continent then Germany could have focussed on building a navy to contest British sea power.

[@amallulla2000]

@@ProjectEkerTest33 what you say is true under a zero-sum game understanding of world politics. Britain could have instead embarked upon trading policies. After all, there had been a long period of peace and prosperity a few decades earlier. I suppose empires, especially when they enter their decaying stage, become paranoic and cannot stand any competition at all. Then, they become extremely dangerous.

[@r.ladaria135]

I just discovered the "Great war" series. And I really loved how you tell the history, without political bias or the benefit of insight with is common in that kind of narratives. There is little what I know about the "interwar" period of the Europe's history. All I know is that these struggles did not ended very well.

[@jaywilliams9294]

1:13 i thought that guy was holding up an Ipad for a second

[@isissorrowchongdongproduct6361]

He wasn’t?

[@DimitriVonTolan]

Me too!!!

[@TotaalJarne]

same

[@kubadanecki8573]

he wasnt. ipads were not yet developed in 1921, they only came around 1987 - after the war.

[@davidwise1302]

I guess every historian has his own story of how things developed, since the entire story is so very multi-layered. Back in the 1970's at a Seder, the hostess' brother, a graduate history student, gave me his story. When the French moved in to take over German industrial production in the Ruhr, the Weimar Republic called for the workers to go on a general strike. That created a situation of massive unemployment payments with no tax revenues, which led to Germany's infamous hyper-inflation. According to his story.

[@ImpactEtching]

great content, cudos to the team. The sound sounded weird though ... Not sure what it is.. echo may be... Hurt my ears a bit... May be some sound editing is in order Jessie, you are doing grreat !

[@jessealexander2695]

Thanks!

[@TheGreatWar]

we're optimistic that Jesse will be able to film in our studio again soon

[@DotmatrixHistory]

Haha brilliant, I see the Cobi Mark 1 tank in the background. Glad to see you know about them too lol.

[@tokencivilian8507]

Another fine episode TGW. Well done.

[@flyingcow4194]

Everybody talks about how unfair the reparations where on Germany but AFAIK When adjusted for inflation and exchange rates what the French paid after the Franco-Prussian War was higher than what Germany paid after World War I. And the territorial losses they suffered where smaller and not as damaging than what was forced on Russia at Brest-Litvosk.

[@hisstatus]

Germany deserved it Now Austria... Austria got completely cucked

[@aarondunn9616]

@@hisstatus how did Germany deserve it? They never even started the war

[@yaujj65]

Reparations is one thing but assigning blame is another. I mean Germany is willing to pay the reparations but apparently blame must be placed even though it is used to justify reparations (like it needs more justification).

[@ludwig4851]

Brest-Litvosk never happend.

[@yaujj65]

@@ludwig4851 That is just denial.

[@emuriddle9364]

1. France was economically damaged after WW1. 2.They we given full responsibility to maintain peace in Europe, despite this. 3. Other countries weren't willing to help. Like Britain and the United States. 4. France decides to focus more on Germany. 5. Germany is trying to rebuild their country as well. Meanwhile, America is dancing around. Enjoying the "Roaring Twenties." Instead of helping Europe. Hence the importance of cooperation and competence. Rather than indulgences.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

Wilson poisoned that prospect. So blame it on him why the US really doesn't want to do anything with Europe...

[@emuriddle9364]

@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 I've heard about him. And I agree 👍

[@RagingGoblin]

@@epg96 I can hardly think of any European country I wouldn't rather live in than the US.

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"Prejudices are what fools use for reason" - Voltaire

[@user-kz8ik8cg2c]

my grandfather was a solder from canada, he told me that it all failed because the allies never occupied Berlin....

[@robertsanders7060]

He was correct!

[@freewal]

Your grandfather was right. French politicians were weak, they listened to United States and UK. They were wrong.

[@user-zk5ty7pq5g]

He was wrong! if the allies would have occupied Berlin, the Germans would have raised arms and fought for their independence.

[@smal750]

​@@user-zk5ty7pq5g delusional the population was starving to death

[@8Steady]

Thanks for the great video. You guys do excellent work. Signed up for the Nebula/Curiosity Stream bundle... it's a great deal. I checked out the websites and was instantly glad I signed up. I hope a lot of people out there will support Nebula as well as this channel.

[@ChrisSmith-lo2kp]

about 30 seconds into the video it looks like someone in the crowd is holding up a tablet and taking an image of the parade

[@CapitanCarter]

Really liked your outro this time, it fit quite well the the funding request

[@micahistory]

amazing video as always, i love these videos

[@MountainDewComacho494]

I stayed in the barracks in the city of Worms which the French occupied at this time. This was in the 90s when it was still operationall. I lived in them just before they were decommissioned.

[@MyPhobo]

France basically lost an entire generation of young men during WWI.

[@infanos3720]

just like everyone else.

[@smal750]

​@@infanos3720 the british lost less than half the french army has. and they didnt even have civilian casualties

[@geekosa63]

​@@infanos3720just like germans yes Britain a lot less

[@michaelnieves9688]

Thank you for educate people!

[@fakeplaystore7991]

Just an aside (that you may have already addressed on future videos): the source for quotations over the black background is almost impossible to read due to the font color. Please consider changing it to white.

[@mbsyggd]

I wasn't aware France and Belgium re-occupied cities post-peace. TIL. Thanks.

[@AixlaachenPax1801]

they should have annexed it and build a defense there

[@juanzulu1318]

@@AixlaachenPax1801 why?

[@sebastiangruenfeld141]

they killed a bunch of Germans there too.

[@AixlaachenPax1801]

@@juanzulu1318 Because glorious Confederation of Rhine against ottomans with Russia and France is what i love to see the Prussian Anacharsis Cloots was right France and Germany never should have went in war against one another but help each other to go east

[@RagingGoblin]

@@AixlaachenPax1801 What kind of gibberish is this?

[@geekosa63]

1:42 : the circles sizes are not accurate. British circle should be far smaller

[@micahistory]

the problem with the allis is that they couldn't agree on the peace

[@Sciolist]

Background audio is bit on the loud side, at around 1:58 it took effort to hear what Jesse is saying.

[@bigjj1109]

I signed up to Nebula still no access to the Battle of Berlin "not authorised to access" a pity I like your stuff!

[@emintey]

Time traveler Alert! 1:13 a man holds up an iPad to snap a pic of the parade.

[@mjirvin010]

Please, the reverb. It's like I can see the sound bouncing around the room. I thought this had been solved? If no foam or room changes, please look into directional dynamic mics over condensers.

[@Bahamut998]

The occupation of Germany was a massive blunder by France/Belgium. It humiliated the German government and the extremes (far right and far left) had a field day with them.

[@luxhistoriae1172]

They deserved it

[@ingi1095]

And what were they supposed to do? Just accept that the victory they had fought for 4 years with so much sacrifice was meaningless?

[@Bahamut998]

@@ingi1095 Except they had no total victory, more like a stalemate. And occupying a country achieves nothing unless they were going to commit genocide, which nobody would have tolerated.

[@simonpierre8283]

@@Bahamut998 still won

[@Heisenberg882]

@@Bahamut998No they had a decisive victory, they had broken the Germans on the western front, all Germanys allies had given up, their population was starving and their southern flank was exposed to Italy and Serbia, if Germany kept fighting they would’ve collapsed in a couple months ago

[@brianpolk2187]

What is the name of the music that begins at 18:33? So beautiful

[@JFDA5458]

Time traveller at 0:30 using his iPad to record the French troops. 😃

[@wbertie2604]

6:40 - Anthony Hopkins photobombing Briand and Lloyd George.

[@themoderndonjuan2366]

Hello! I was wondering what happned to TGW's various social media pages? I can't find them

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

Plz have the sound sorted.

[@lexington505]

No point trying to change someone's mind when it is not only closed but nailed shut. Instead why don't you tell us what the Allies should have done instead?

[@donbenjamin6459]

I love it, such a great video

[@cojaysea]

What a great lesson as always

[@thearcadiusproject3500]

One mistake at the start of the video: French troops did not march into the Reich because at that point, it was still the Weimar Republic

[@CarlXVIGustafBernadotte420]

It was officially called the German Reich. In English the country was usually simply called "Germany"; the term "Weimar Republic" did not become common in English until the 1930s.

[@marcoantoniomarcoaurelio7254]

Is the guy at 1.13 taking a photo with an IPad?

[@jangelbrich7056]

Excellent content as always. Maybe background sounds a little too high on some footage (which had no sound originally), but we can still understand all explanations.

[@tiziogg6350]

A video about the romanian partisans comanded by Victor Popescu would be great.

[@Slovenia3]

I love your videos😍😍😍😍

[@callum141]

Imagine disliking a 20 min video 2 min after its uploaded

[@Biggie_Cheese1234]

Imagine being high of your mind and your problems still don’t go away,that’s my life

[@channeltobiopscom]

These times were just wild

[@robertsanders7060]

The demand for complete disarmament of Germany was not unreasonable.

[@colinpowis3600]

@Cliff Adams Cos they were a MENACE to their neighbours , you simpleton

[@thierrydesu]

In the late twenties, the German military made an audit to determine the capacity of Germany to fight a war. The military concluded that in case of an attack from France, there would be enough bullets to resist one full day. Less than ten years later, Germany started to occupy, annex, conquer, all its neighbours. Thank you United Kingdom and United States for not caring about this.

[@waffelmeister9477]

With only a weak and young Poland and a completely disarmed Germany in the way, Stalin would have conquered all of Europe.

[@renel8964]

6:42 dude look and tell me that ain't low- key Joseph Stalin on the left.

[@adamr.kalucki4347]

Hahaha naaaa

[@oldesertguy9616]

Great job, as always.

[@yuta5926]

In 2039 channel will change its name to The Second War

[@გიორგიმოსაშვილი-ო3დ]

The "Not so great but still pretty okay war"

[@Julianna.Domina]

@@გიორგიმოსაშვილი-ო3დ pretty alright*

[@tomsullivanchannel]

At 1:13 , is that an IPad?

[@wehrmachtberlin5122]

Life Great German.. im Asian, but im German side.

[@Bracus.Reghusk]

Versailles was to kind with german but also to harsh, this compromise gave the Germans the opportunity to rearm and this harshness the will. If the French had seen their request accepted and Germany punished very severely there would surely not have been a war so quickly, if the French had given in to the Anglo Saxons perhaps the inevitable war could have been delayed. This in-between is the cause of the 2nd World War.

[@bobby8474]

Not continuing to occupy the Ruhr changed my life.

[@nusratparveen82]

Tomorrow is the day of the treaty of Versailles

[@charliespurr7325]

5:54

[@dutchlancer2562]

If only I could subscribe to Nebula and Curiosity stream with PayPal

[@terrygrossmann2295]

Why is KZbin so scared of actual history? I hear several History KZbinrs complain of this. How about KZbin taking a break?

[@hlynnkeith9334]

12:25 "Germany dreams of and wants nothing but revenge." Projection from the French. The French -- from Foch to Clemenceau to Millerand -- were angry and demanded vengeance. Neither the Americans nor the British supported the French lust for vengeance.

[@Poirecorp]

It was easy to play the magnanimous victor on Germany once they got what they wanted and were not threatened anymore, and I don't blame them for that. But, did you try to get off your moral pedestal and put yourself in the shoes of the French, who won so barely it looks like a defeat?

[@hlynnkeith9334]

@@Poirecorp I understand the French anger. But after the French won the war, they had to win the peace. They failed at that.

[@tibsky1396]

If we had followed the logic of the French, there might not have been a Second World War. Prussian Germany was a fairly homogeneous hegemonic and demographic force during its time, instead the American and German liberals dealt in secret to alleviate debts and reinvigorate Germany as they went along. And in addition the Depression of 1929 did not help anything. I understand the logic, the former European powers had to be bled dry in order to place the United States as the future Western power.

[@hlynnkeith9334]

@@tibsky1396 First, logic did not motivate the French after the war. Anger did. Second, yeah, had the allies cut up Germany into the hodge-podge of mini-states that it was in the 18th century, there would not have been a Second World War. If . . . . France was the arsenal of the Entente in WW1. France equipped everybody. The French had done a lot, given a lot, sacrificed a lot, and after the war, the French wanted payback. I get it. I really do. But there is a time to kill and a time to heal. The killing was over. Well, most of it. It was time to heal. Instead, the French salted the wound.

[@votefraudjoe997]

No disbanding Germany into its component states is vengeance while the stipulations that Germany got in Versailles was comparatively weak.

[@rangerman9241]

I miss Indie Nidel

[@univeropa3363]

France really had it coming.

[@arisernestoskolios317]

Historically, all treaties and protocols "mutually agreed and signed" are always subject to change through the prospect of renegotiation at a later stage. The supposedly weaker parties always try to renege on their "obligations" imposed upon them, as soon as the circumstances and the balance of power are more favourable to them. Post-brexit UK is not an exception.

[@samarkand1585]

Well, France still paid its dues to Germany in full after its defeat in 1870-71. Even though the amount demanded by Germany then, relative to the intensity, duration, casualties and land devastation (so, none in Germany for that last one), was proportionally far worse than the ones imposed by the initial Versailles treaty. The initial Versailles demand that ended up getting continually scaled down even before the Ruhr occupation anyway.

[@ClevorBelmont]

Exactly. The Germans were extremely sore and that's about it.@@samarkand1585

[@malaysiadentist4637]

unspecified sum to be negotiated later...... 👍👍

[@jirisvec9663]

Weapons should change name to defenders people they should be proud to their Defenders xD

[@danreed7889]

How long was Germany expected to keep paying per the armistice agreements?

[@marcschramm6958]

The London schedule imposed Germany to pay 3 bln goldmarks or 716 mln dollars annually up to 1958. The rest of the reparation debt (82 bln goldmarks) had to be repaid in the period after 1958. Likely to be repaid in a period stretching far into the 21st century. The annual payment of 3 bln goldmarks amount to about 7,5% of Germany’s national income. Think about what Greece nowadays has to pay back to Europe for the coming 20-30 years, about 4% of its national income annually...

[@danreed7889]

@@marcschramm6958 thank you-seems to be quite unreasonable and I can't understand on someone would think it would work.

[@PowerControl]

@@danreed7889 Tbh, Germany had to make the last payment in 2010 for these debts. I remember this being in the news here.

[@Heisenberg882]

@@danreed7889 Actually Germany had the ability to pay most of it off but chose not to, Germany devastated so much of France and killed do many Frenchman that it makes perfect sense for them to pay up.

[@jiq9178]

I don’t know, just let them duke it in another 20 years I guess

[@LG-bd2qf]

Jeez, I wonder why the germans where so angry...

[@Heisenberg882]

They invaded france and Belgium and destroyed huge amounts of land and killed millions, why wouldn't the French want compensation?

[@LOLXD-sf4yd]

@@Heisenberg882 because it was clear that it will start another war

[@ebayerr]

I had no idea the French army marched into Germany three years after the end of WWI. On the face of it,that seems a bit antagonistic.

[@michaelfulton3540]

Real time history? Then you should know Germany finished paying WW1 reparations in 2010.

[@criscabrera9098]

They were lowered or stopped then never actually paid the full amount

[@paulyb7267]

You know what, there should've been a Marshall Plan after 1918 rather than reparations. This worked well after 1945!

[@dragosstanciu9866]

Yes, but there was no country willing to provide money for such a plan. The USA was not an economic superpower yet, while Britain and France were weakened by war.

[@paulyb7267]

@@dragosstanciu9866 After 1945, instead of any reparations there was instead Marshall Aid for every Western European country (including Austria, Western Germany, and Italy). The Marshall Plan was also offered to Eastern European countries but Stalin bullied them all to refuse such help.

[@redsands1001]

Everyone was overleveraged

[@ltheisen3327]

The US didnt had any interest in doing something like this in 1919. They didnt even signed the Versailles treaty or the postwar alliance with France because especially in the Republican party many were against the US "beeing active" outside of the American double continent. But all these things needed a majority in the senate which wasnt possible....

[@samdumaquis2033]

The marshal plan existed because the usa were afraid of Europe turning communist, during the first ww the rich americans didn't feel threatened enough

[@iivin4233]

Having a Rhineland state in between Germany and France at that time actually sounds like an ideal solution. In general dividing up Europe into roughly equal (in wealth and land) vertical strips sounds like a great way to balance power and give the middle finger to the false and imprecise theories of ethnicity and nationality. Granted, latitudinal nations would have more stable solar generation going forward.

[@r.ladaria135]

That's what they in France/Germany did after the reign of Charlemagne. That lead to a constant war. btw the three Kingdoms.

[@barracuda008l4]

Factually reparations has any impact, the amount that REALLY paid German was microscopic

[@Ghreinos]

It was the highest reperations anyone had to pay. It was paid of 2010

[@NankerPhelge65]

I hope for France's sake , the Germans dont do like wise to them!

[@geeache1891]

Side note: so population in D, F and GB rose over a 30-50% over a century, whereas in NL by -150%

[@mrtiabrown]

More money for history no way

[@raywhitehead730]

warfare, unconditional surrender.

[@markwolfshohl6562]

Bad idea frenchies

[@thecoolestdaniel4554]

Now that's a funny joke

[@Kaspa-gb3lp]

Germany was hit harder than France what a bs is he saying.

[@lecrabesavant4435]

no, that's the thing

[@micahistory]

France was still concerned about germany and that was the main determinant of its foreign policy after world war 1

[@petergarbe9135]

Erzfeind ! immer....

[@raywhitehead730]

Ok, American troops occupied Germany too, after the war.

[@REDALERTBRAZIL]

Lol... Keynes was a kind of developmentist, or an inflationist in many ways. He was very hypocritial by saying that.

[@marcschramm6958]

US lent heavily to UK, UK lent heavily to France, France demanded reparations from Germany to repay UK to repay US. For Germany to pay its reparations its economy needs to flourish so that it can export to earn the dollars to pay its reparations, for the French to pay UK, for UK to pay US. A crippled German economy wouldn’t help anyone at all.

[@Poirecorp]

Still baffled by how little sympathy bled-white and threatened countries get for trying to enforce rational demands, whereas the unscathed bully mellows everybody's hearts with puppy eyes. And it's not changing one century later.

[@ColHoganGer90]

Bled-white and threatened countries? Unscathed bully? You obviously didn‘t get the finer details since this channel started...

[@Heisenberg882]

@@ColHoganGer90 Elaborate

[@steveburton9242]

Poor Germany, amirite?

[@ee12321]

A comment

[@dickassman9244]

The Treaty of Versailles was not harsh enough. Change my mind.

[@ColHoganGer90]

Treaties need to be enforced. The Entente could barely enforce Versailles and Trianon but failed with Sevres.

[@freewal]

I totally agree. This is what Foch said and he was right. The German people was blinded by its generals and the communists. Germany made incredible destruction in France and in Belgium. Even knowing that they were defeated in late 1918, they voluntarily destroyed everything : bridges, factories, schools, agriculture fields, even the fruit trees were cut off just before their retreat. How France and Belgium could not ask important reparations ?

[@789know]

Yes, and Germany also impose a harsh treaty to Russia as well for losing. Part of France and Belgium was devastated in the war. The terms is better than Brest-Litovsk. If Germany can impose harsh treaty on others for losing, they should kind of expect allies to do the same to you anyway. Since if allies lost, Germany is willing to impose harsh treaty against the allies.

[@marcschramm6958]

Change your mind? It led to WW II. The way the Allies treated Germany after WW II was much more effective and less harsh and it guaranteed peace for 4 generations.

[@colinpowis3600]

Too true, it was not as harsh as Brest Litovsk , nor would it be anywhere near as the treaty Germany would have dictated IF THEY HAD WON

[@podemosurss8316]

4:40 So, basically "let's occupy a bunch of foreign territory as "defense" of our country"...

[@tictac2therevenge291]

Yes, as the Germans did in France in 1871

[@podemosurss8316]

@@tictac2therevenge291 You mean Elsass-Lauringen? The territory that was primarily inhabited by GERMANS?

[@tictac2therevenge291]

@@podemosurss8316 1. Speaking German does not mean you consider yourself German (see Switzerland Austria and Luxembourg). Alsace and Lorraine were regions that sided with France rather than Germany 2. Germany occupied much more land than that from 1871 to 1873, a zone stretching from Calais to Dijon and Orleans Inform yourself

[@podemosurss8316]

@@tictac2therevenge291 They sided with France so much that France denied them a referendum after WW1...

[@tictac2therevenge291]

@@podemosurss8316 because Germany ever provided a referendum?

[@josealejandrosirokesteve4450]

France invaded Germany because Germany was disarmed with the Treaty of Versailles.

[@chiefslinginbeef3641]

Jesus you guys are still locked down and separated. Glad I moved to the southern United States. Free, open, and able to bear arms. Glad I left Europe.

[@cptrelentless80085]

Are you talking about the more than half a million US dead? Enjoy your freedom whilst you drop like flies

[@cptrelentless80085]

Also didn’t David Koresh exercise his freedom to own guns in Waco, and the US government just rolled in the tanks and burnt his house to the ground with him and all his buddies in it? Including his kids? How far are you expecting to get with those guns? Do you know that Americans mostly use their guns to shoot themselves? Or get shot with them by the home invaders you suffer from?

[@AAAAAAAA-vd6zv]

2:40 No Russian, a*strian, turkish casuulties?

[@dragosstanciu9866]

No, because this video is about France and Germany.

[@AAAAAAAA-vd6zv]

@@dragosstanciu9866 fair enough

[@Joker129]

First

[@michaelbrunner6951]

No one cares

[@BGtypiu1850]

Did I ask

[@ColonialEagle5455]

No, I am

[@americantaco3882]

bruh

[@Joker129]

@@michaelbrunner6951 no but still am gonna write it.

[@Yusenugi]

You should pay for it french ....

[@wehrmachtberlin5122]

Evidence of Germany is superior to other countries, look at our streets filled with German luxury cars, thanks to German history. You win the history of the modern world

[@jack88liyuan]

Napoleon won wars against 6 nations 6 times and never lt enemy fight on french soil. All his victories were concluded in a short time, how france degrades its greatest hero

[@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0]

He also ruined the french empire

[@dude34150]

What happened to indy

[@thurin84]

or "how to bumble into another world war without really trying."

[@SteelyBud]

"...peacefully penetrating..." There's that phrase again.

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

Like a mostly peaceful protest

[@Game_Hero]

The phrase that sounds the weirdest out of context

[@busTedOaS]

peaceful as in "without combat"

[@crispyglove]

Already a Nebula subscriber. I'll be watching 16 days in Berlin this weekend. Thanks for the great content!

[@yates161]

Z s.s n

[@joaquinmig]

You’ll love it, it’s an awesome documentary!

[@thibaudduhamel2581]

The so called "Emprunts Russes" were perhaps a bigger loss to France's economy than the war. The money sent without seing it back was still a very vivid topic in France until those bonds were finally ruled to be invalid... in 2019!

[@J5460-r8z]

thats amazing

[@samarkand1585]

huh, they were a thing maybe, but to quote it as a "bigger loss than the war" has to be the most exaggerated statement of the century and some years more

[@helmortkuper2626]

Almost as if the Allies were hoping for another world war.

[@TheGreatWar]

hindsight is 20/20

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Allies should have made germany into a rural only state and separate it into smaller countries

[@joelrebollar7055]

@@ommsterlitz1805 I agree actually, that would have led to Germany having a much higher birth rate.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

@@joelrebollar7055 Yes and perfect slave workers for Russians, Benelux and French

[@John-bf7ny]

@@ommsterlitz1805 This was the chewish plan, are u a chew?

[@GhostRanger5060]

WWI never really ended. They just took a timeout to change leaders, and then Japan and Italy switched sides, and it was game on again. The interwar years should be nicknamed "The Great Timeout."

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

When you think about it, it is really is all just a continuation of the Russo-Japanese War, just a bunch of other countries joined in, changed sides, and did a ton of other stuff. But really in the end it was clearly just to see whether or not Imperial Japan could expand. Or maybe it is all a continuation of Richelieu funding Protestant forces during the 30 Years War. 300 Years War? Sometimes though it all seems to be just one more step in Caesar’s invasion of Gaul. You got the French on one side, and the Italians on the other. It couldn’t be more clear that Roman expansionism had finally been checked though it took nearly two millennia to do so.

[@alz4437]

We’re in halftime right now

[@skulltakertheflamingswordo5792]

That part about Germany being bent on only revenge is incredibly ominous, especially in light of what happens later.

[@freewal]

Foch said everything before everybody. He was right from A to Z.

[@freewal]

@Albert Felsen wait what ? Did you listen to the video ?

[@solidus1995]

True but it was a self fulfilling prophecy. The allies tried to destroy Germany with the treaty. Americans realized this and pulled out.

[@freewal]

@@solidus1995 again I think you didn’t pay attention to the video. Clearly said Germany did everything to not pay whereas they could. Germany industrial capacities were intact. France and Belgium were destroyed. Same for UK and United States who suffered very few destructions.

[@solidus1995]

@@freewal I think you underestimate my sympathy for Germany. I'm looking at history dating back to napolean while you're simply looking at how brutal germany was during the war. My response is too bad.